Word: effective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...distinct advantage in having the vacation as late as that just over is that it gives men a week of complete rest from work at the time when such rest is most beneficial. The heat and humidity of the first spring days naturally have a depressing effect, and a man grows apathetic in his studies and listless in his exercise. Then it is that he most needs a week of rest, after which he will return with renewed energy and heart to his work. The period between the vacation and the final examinations being so short, the good effects...
...said Mr. Douglas, have to do with the life of a typical Christian. From the time Paul spoke the first words until he declared himself ready for sacrifice there had been a great change in his character. The law of sacrifice is a downright fact of life, and the effect of living under that law is the essence of true religion...
...Governing Boards, in making the change here noted, to lessen the requirements for the degrees in question, in respect either to the standard of attainment and power of advancing knowledge by research or to the length of time which must ordinarily be devoted to study. It is rather the effect of their action to give added emphasis to the well-established principle of this University, that the requirements of time for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Science are wholly secondary. It may safely be assumed,-especially in view of the prevailing tendency to increase the requirements...
...Sept., 1894).- His personal character does not now affect his chance of election.- (x) If he can secure nomination his chance of election now depends upon his party's chance of carrying the legislature.- (A) A caucus bolt is almost unknown.- (Y) His personal character does not effect his party's chance of carrying the legislature.- (A) His candidacy for the Senate is usually not positively known before the election of the legislature: Ex. Hill, Murphy, Platt, (1881), Smith.- (B) People do not vote against their party's ticket for legislature in the chance that a bad Senatorial nomination...
...management on the question of eligibility rules. The only arrangement which he could make was that each college should make and interpret its own rules. Each captain will be obliged, in making up the personnel of his team, to send to the other captain a signed statement to the effect that, to his knowledge, his men are all eligible. Princeton also agreed to adopt Harvard's rule as to dropped men, provided her athletic advisors would agree to it. The Princeton rules at present allow dropped but not conditioned students to play on teams...